Medical experience as an influencing parameter in emergency medical care for psychiatric emergencies: retrospective analysis of a multicenter survey.

"Declarations Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Ethics approval and consent to participateWe submitted our work to the local ethics committee (Ethics Committee of the University of Ulm, Germany) for evaluation. The local ethics committee reviewed the formalities of the study; as this was an anonymous survey of medical professionals with retrospective character, no specific ethical approval was needed. The study procedures were in accordance to the Declaration of Helsinki ethical guidelines. All study participants voluntarily participated in the survey. An explanatory introductory text about the background and aims of the study was printed on each questionnaire. At this point, it was explicitly stated that participation in the study was anonymous and voluntary. Since this was a survey of medical personnel, informed consent and ethics approval was waived by the institutional review board of the University of Ulm, Germany.“ Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding The study received monetary support from the Foundation “Stiftung BINZ” Ulm, Germany. The foundation was not involved in the planning and implementation of the study. The Foundation “Stiftung BINZ” has no influence on the presentation of the results or the publication. Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL."